Omar Kahlil Shearer was 25 when he traveled from Mississauga, Ontario, to Marco Island, Florida, with friends Kent Munro and David Madott for a weekend in early November 1994. The four planned a day of fishing and diving from the pleasure boat Sea Esta on November 4, heading toward the wreck of the Baja California about 55 miles southwest of Marco Island.

Their outing began around 8:00 a.m.; after a brief return to marina for replacement thermostats, they stopped for bait and reached the Baja California in the afternoon. About an hour of fishing in rising seas preceded a dive. When the divers surfaced around 3:30 p.m., the Sea Esta was mostly submerged. The men held an anchor rope until roughly 7:00 p.m., then attempted to swim to a nearby Department of Defense light tower about three miles away. Jeffrey Wandich reached the tower and was later rescued on November 6; Munro, Madott and Shearer were never found.

The recovered Sea Esta suggested possible overloading, and the FBI investigated briefly, ultimately treating the event as an accident with the three likely lost at sea. No trace of Omar Shearer has been found; does anyone have information about the trip or the men that could help their families?